AMA CPT® Assistant - 2018 Issue 12 (December)
Medicine: Special Services, Procedures and Reports (Q&A) (December 2018)
December 2018 page 11 Medicine: Special Services, Procedures and Reports Question: Would it be appropriate to report CPT code 99091 when patients send pictures of their burn wounds for evaluation and communication for ongoing care, ie, do these pictures qualify as a source of "physiological data" to be evaluated? Answer: No, reviewing pictures received electronically would not, by itself, constitute physiological data collected over a specified amount of time, as defined by codes 99000-99091. CPT code 99091, Collection and interpretation of physiologic data (eg, ECG, blood pressure, glucose monitoring) digitally stored and/or transmitted by the patient and/ or caregiver...
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